Over the weekend I got hooked on Sudoku,
a deterministic, NP-complete
number puzzle that was first published in New York in the late 1970's,
became popular in Japan in the 1980's and is now becoming increasingly popular
worldwide.

What a pleasure it is to "play" a simple number puzzle that requires no CPU
cycles and can easily be solved with pencil and paper.

I have never been into modern computer games with advanced graphics and sound.
Maybe I'm just old-fashioned, but a game that engages the mind appeals far
more to me than one that bombards my sensory neural pathways.

The same applies to my (some would say, warped) taste in movies.
I couldn't care less for special affects, CGI and all that, though I am quite
a fan of animation. But even then, I am far more fascinated by
Aardman's plasticine characters than
Pixar's smileyhappyfriendly
computer-generated ones.

Speaking of movies, I love a good spoof movie, especially a good spoof spook movie.
I watched Roman Polanski's 1967 comedy
The Fearless Vampire Killers, or
Pardon Me but Your Teeth Are in My Neck.
What a laugh! I had no idea what it was going to be like, but I knew it would be
interesting when the MGM lion turned into a vampire with fangs.
And when Alfred, played by Roman Polanski himself, peeped "Wolf!" in a
pathetic frightened voice, I knew I was in for a good laugh.
Dublin-born Jack MacGowran is hilarious in his role as Professor Abronsius.

Hi,
I read your blog about SuDoku on Linux - I have also become addicted and have written a Linux version of the SuDoku - it comes with a few starting grids. Take a look. I wrote this using Qt and have compiled the executable - I hope this is all that is needed to run the application on your Linux. I would like any feedback that you have...

Hi,
I read your blog about SuDoku on Linux - I have also become addicted and have written a Linux version of the SuDoku - it comes with a few starting grids. Take a look. I wrote this using Qt and have compiled the executable - I hope this is all that is needed to run the application on your Linux. I would like any feedback that you have...
http://www.freewebs.com/crbaker/sudoku/index.htm

Hi,
I have just written a SuDoku application for linux. I would like someone to take a look for me. If you would like to have a look. I can send you the link. My comments keep getting rejected becuase of SPAM for some reason - I can assure you this is not SPAM.
Thanks.